Sending files

Availability of this feature depends on the Bria solution you subscribe to.

Available in: Teams.

Not available in: Solo.

Send and receive files with your team members as long as they are online.

The received files are saved on your device, under Bria folder. Note that the files are not synced between your devices if you use Bria on multiple devices.

Deleting the file transfer message from the IM conversation on Bria does NOT remove the file from the device. Use a file manager app to remove the file if desired.

Giving Bria a permission

The first time you use file transfer, you need to give Bria the permission to access your device's external storage.

Permission request to use the device's internal storge

Sending photos, videos, files

Send photos, videos and files to your XMPP contact who is online. To send multiple files at a time, all the files must be located in the same folder.

The recipient must accept the files for the transfer to start. If you send multiple files at a time, the recipient must accept or decline all of the files for the transfer to start.

If you put Bria in the background during a file transfer, the transfer is paused until you bring Bria back to the foreground.

  1. Create an new IM or open an IM session with the person you want to send the file to.

  2. Tap Attach in Compose Message.

  3. Tap either File or Image, depending on the type of file you want to send.

    The "File" and "Compose" buttons are in "Compose Message".

    The file manager opens.

  4. Locate the folder that contains the files that you want to send. You can only send multiple files at one time if they are located in the same folder.
  5. Long-press on the first file that you want to send.
  6. Tap any additional files that you want to send.
  7. Tap Select on the top right corner.

    Bria sends a file transfer notification to the recipient. If you selected multiple files, the transfer does not start until all of the files are accepted.

    Once the recipient accepts the file, Bria shows the progress of the transfer and when the transfer is complete.

    If the recipient declines the files, the transfer shows as not sent.

Receiving files

If you have an XMPP account enabled, another person with an XMPP account can send you files. The file transfer notification appears on Bria or in the notification center if Bria is in the background.

  1. Tap on the notification. Bria opens the Messaging tab.

  2. Tap Accept or Decline on the files. The file transfer does not begin until you have clicked Accept or Decline on all of the files.

    If you accept the files, Bria begins the transfer. Bria displays the progress of the transfer and when the transfer is complete in the IM.

    If you decline the transfer, both the recipient and the sender see the file transfer status as Declined.

    The recipient sees Transfer Declined in the IM conversation

Depending on your Android device, you may be able to accept the transfer from the notification center.

Tap Accept or Decline in the notification. If you tap Accept, Bria begins the file transfer.

The "Decline" and "Accept" buttons are on the notfication.

Canceling a file transfer

You can cancel a file transfer as either the sender or the recipient. As the sender, you can cancel the transfer before the recipient accepts the transfer (your screen shows Waiting) or while the transfer has been accepted but before the transfer is complete.

Once the file transfer has been accepted by the recipient, the progress screen may be too quick to actually see the progress.

To cancel a file transfer, tap Cancel.

The sender sees Transfer Failed and the recipient sees Transfer Declined as the transfer status.